Monthly Archives: September 2018

Finance Minister, US Ambassador discuss bilateral ties
WASHINGTON/KUWAIT: The United States praised the Kuwaiti government for its efforts to combat terrorism and encourage moderation. This includes Kuwait's implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions on both the Islamic State and...

KUWAIT: Basic consumer prices index rose by 0.89 percent in August compared to the same month last year, the monthly report of the Central Statistical Bureau showed. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased monthly to 113.2 by 0.09 percent,...

KUWAIT: Humidity and heat will dominate coastal areas in Kuwait during the weekend, which in general will have light to moderate winds coming from the northwest, a Kuwaiti meteorologist said yesterday. The weather is expected to be hot and...

KUWAIT: Opposition MP Mubarak Al-Hajraf said yesterday that he has prepared a grilling against Commerce and Industry Minister Khaled Al-Roudhan over alleged financial and administrative violations and that he intends to submit the grilling soon. He called on the...

15 percent discount for Kuwaiti students studying abroad
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Higher Education (MHE) yesterday at the KAC premises for a 15 percent discount of market price for the...

KUWAIT: Niqashna held a civilized debate entitled 'Domestic workers in Kuwait; have we become modern-day slave owners?' on Wednesday at promenade culture center in the Promenade Mall in Hawally. Niqashna (our debate) is a community platform for open debates...

A new print shop for manufacturing and selling high-tech figurines caused a ruckus in Kuwait between Islamist activists and liberals. Some called it “the manufacturing of idols”, over which there is a dispute between scholars on its permissibility. Messages...

KUWAIT: Official spokeswoman of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Aseel Al-Mazyad commented on news regarding a strike of laborers signed in the second contract of the South Mutlaa housing project, who accused their company of failure to pay...

KUWAIT: A Gulf Bank branch was subjected to an armed robbery and no injuries to clients or employees were recorded, the bank confirmed yesterday in a post on its verified Twitter account. Necessary measures were immediately taken and a...

Nearly a hundred activists and book enthusiasts gathered recently in Kuwait City to protest the government's 'strict censorship' that has reportedly resulted in the banning of around 4,000 books from entering Kuwait between 2003 and 2007. The protesters' demands...

'Few visitors, lots of time to read'
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It's a common refrain that people in Kuwait don't read, and modern technology has exacerbated the matter. Yet there are dozens of public libraries scattered throughout the country, mostly in the Kuwaiti neighborhoods....